The Mancunian Way: Justice in crisis

Jon Burlingame editor The centennial of Henry Mancini, composer of “The Pink Panther,” “Moon River” and other movie songs, isn’t until 2024. But the celebration began on Thursday when an all-star parade of Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning musicians got together to re-record one of his most famous works: “Peter Gunn.” With legendary composers John Williams and Herbie Hancock on keyboards, jazz great Arturo Sandoval on trumpet and music mogul Quincy Jones conducting an 18-piece band of L.A. session players, Mancini’s 1958 TV theme rocked the Warner Bros. scoring stage all afternoon. It was old home week for many, who seemingly spent half the three-hour session embracing, laughing and snapping photos. Williams and Jones called each other “Q” and “John T.,” the nicknames they had when the two were toiling side-by-side at Universal Television in the 1960s, before each started collecting Oscars and Grammys for their work in films and records.

Garbage’s Shirley Manson has spoken out about the current state of live music and how touring has put artists under “enormous strain”.Manson shared her thoughts in a recent Instagram post, outlining all of the issues musicians are currently facing on the road, under an image which read “The Live-Music Industry Is Broken”.“Live music is under enormous strain,” she wrote. “We are seeing so many precious talents buckle under the economic injustice of a system that does not pay the creative for their artistic output.”“Everyone is vying for a handful of venues in order to make a small amount of money to tide them over until the next show, most sailing without a dollar of insurance,” she added.

Daily Mail, “It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson.” She recalled that Deidre and her son Anthony found Manson “charismatic” and were “fascinated” by him. Once she realized hard drugs were involved, she made the decision to move the whole family from Los Angeles to Ireland where they wouldn’t be exposed to all the “bad influences” of Hollywood.

A silver lining of beloved stars passing on is we often hear stories about them we’d never heard before. Usually these stories are about meeting fans and being great people — this one is quite a bit different…

died Tuesday at the age of 96 — recalled in a 2014 interview how her daughter, Deidre Shaw, fell in with Manson’s posse as a teenager. “It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson,” the actress told the Daily Mail. “She was one of many youngsters who knew him and they were fascinated.

death of the "Murder, She Wrote" actress, fans publicly mourned her passing and many shared run-ins and anecdotes of their experiences with the on-screen legend. One of the most interesting stories came from writer and photographer Christopher Moloney, who recalled Angela moving her family to Europe to keep her kids away from Charles Manson."Angela Lansbury told a story about her daughter falling under the spell of a Hollywood deadbeat," he tweeted. "He would pick the girl up from school and get her to steal money and food from her parents for him.

Dame Angela Lansbury may be remembered best for her magnificent voice and the enchanting roles she played, but she also died having been a fiercely protective parent, navigating her daughter away from the infamous murderer and cult leader Charles Manson. In a candid interview with the Daily Mail from 2014, Lansbury shared that her daughter Deirdre Shaw had gotten involved with the wrong crowd. "It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson.

Zack Sharf In the wake of Angelia Lansbury’s passing at 96, a 2014 interview the actor gave to MailOnline (via The Independent) has resurfaced due to the revelation that Lansbury once saved her daughter from joining Charles Manson’s cult. Lansbury said her daughter, who is now 69, was “fascinated” by Manson, the notorious serial killer whose string of victims included Sharon Tate. Lansbury’s child became involved with drugs as a young teen and fell under Manson’s spell. “It started with cannabis but moved on to heroin. There were factions up in the hills above Malibu that were dedicated to deadly pursuits,” Lansbury said. “It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson. She was one of many youngsters who knew him – and they were fascinated. He was an extraordinary character, charismatic in many ways, no question about it.”

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic California is in the house, and will be for the next three years, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. A major exhibition, “Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock,” has just opened and will run through 2025. The must-see walk-through traces a history of roots music in L.A. rock that expands to include the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers and Michael Nesmith in the 1960s; the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris in the ’70s; and Dwight Yoakam, Lone Justice and Los Lobos in the ’80s, among many other influential and sometimes commercially impactful figures. Variety recently visited the museum and spoke with co-curators Michael Gray, the facility’s executive senior director of editorial and interpretation, and Michael McCall, the museum’s senior editor, about why the ’60s through ’80s were a golden age for country-inflected rock in Los Angeles. The two curators also spoke about a number of the artifacts on display, from numerous Nudie’s-tailored jackets that set the visual tone for the era to key musical instruments to handwritten scores and setlists and even band flyers — see the gallery of photos below.

Teri Hatcher and James Tupper enjoy a dance in the rain in this sneak peek from their new movie, Mid-Love Crisis, airing on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries tonight.

Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan are looking amazing on the red carpet!

Måneskin have shared their brand new single ‘The Loneliest’ – check it out below.The song, announced last week, was debuted at the band’s tiny, last-minute London show at The Underworld last night (October 6), where they played the track acoustic outside the venue after their set.“We’re so excited for you all to finally hear ‘The Loneliest’,” frontman Damiano David said in a statement. “This song means a lot to me, it’s a personal song but I hope you can all relate to it in your own way.“We played a tiny surprise show in London last night and performed ‘The Loneliest’ live for the first time and your reaction meant so much to us! We’re having a whirlwind year touring the globe, meeting fans at gigs and festivals all over the world, from Japan to America to Europe and beyond, and we can’t wait to continue touring and releasing more music into 2023!”Listen to ‘The Loneliest’ below.‘The Loneliest’ follows on from Måneskin’s latest track ‘Supermodel’, which came out in May, and the band’s recent ‘If I Can Dream’ cover from the new Elvis biopic.During an interview with NME over the summer, Måneskin talked about the “super cool” experience of topping the US charts with ‘Supermodel’.“To see such great feedback for our first [global] release makes us really confident for the future,” said Damiano David.

Tim Minchin said it is surreal hearing his music as the soundtrack to Hollywood blockbuster Matilda The Musical. The movie based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book kicked off the 66th edition of the London Film Festival on Wednesday, two months before its cinematic release. Directed by Tony winner Matthew Warchus, it stars Dame Emma Thompson as bullish headteacher Miss Trunchbull and Bafta rising star Lashana Lynch as Matilda’s kindly teacher Miss Honey.

Måneskin have announced a last-minute intimate show in London.The Italian rockers will perform at the 500-capacity Underworld in Camden Town tomorrow night (October 6) to mark the release of their new single, ‘The Loneliest’ (out this Friday, October 7). Måneskin are due onstage at 9pm, and will play a 45-minute set.Tickets will be available for free on a first come, first-served basis at the venue’s box office tomorrow.

Julia Roberts to Lori Harvey to Meryl Streep stepped out for the Albie Awards at the New York Public Library, which was put on by George and Amal's Clooney Foundation for Justice.The event, which was named after Justice Albie Sachs, who worked to end apartheid in South Africa, honored courageous defenders of justice who are at great risk for what they do.At Thursday's inaugural ceremony, those being recognized include Sachs with a lifetime achievement award; Maria Ressa with the Justice For Journalists award; iAct, an organization that supports survivors of genocide in refugee camps, with the Justice For Survivors award; Belarusian human rights group Viasna with the Justice For Democracy Defenders award; and Dr. Josephine Kulea of the Samburu Girls Foundation, a Kenyan-based organization, with the Justice For Women award.«We believe that justice must be waged -- it doesn’t just happen.

Hillary Clinton is singing the praises of Kim Kardashian. The former Secretary of State and host of the docuseries has nothing but appreciation for the reality star's criminal justice reform efforts.Hillary and daughter Chelsea Clinton spoke with ET's Deidre Behar at Variety's Power of Women gala in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and the pair opened up on which of the many celebs they interviewed — as part of their Apple TV+ docuseries — impressed and impacted them the most.«Kim Kardashian was unlike anything you've ever seen,» Hillary said in awe. «Because she is serious about trying to help people have been been incarcerated unfairly, for too long.»Kim's appearance on Gutsy made headline in August when a preview clip revealed that the reality star and law student actually bested Hillary in a legal pop quiz show-down.Another guest who wowed the famous mother and daughter was Megan Thee Stallion."[She] was so calm and impressive as we were painting with her," Hillary recalled.«And she also had a lot more talented than we did, which surprised no one,» Chelsea added with a laugh.While the Clintons have been working together on, it seems that Chelsea isn't planning on following in her mother's footsteps when it comes to potential political ambitions.«I think all of us right now are political, especially if you're a woman in America, when we have politicians deciding what's best for our bodies instead of we knowing what's best for ourselves,» She shared.